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To: ColtonGang who wrote (158542)	7/6/2001 11:39:40 PM
From: greenspirit	Respond to of 769667

Movies! What a rip-off paying 10 dollars for a 90 minute movie. One in which the producers make millions, the actors make millions for a few weeks work, and it's all fed to us from a near total California monopoly protected by Democrat politicians, who get paid off with millions in campaign contributions. The movie industry owns more and more cinema complex's. The same people who decide which movies to make, decide which ones get shown at local theatres, what price to charge, which toys and puppets to sell and for how much, and which television shows go on the air with those characters. Then they screw us again by selling VHS tapes with a 500% mark-up from manufacturing price. The movie industry could teach the oil industry a thing or two about price manipulation and control. We need to form a government committee, hold hearings and investigate the entire industry for price manipulation and control. Microsoft has a pathetic monopoly as compared to Disney or AOL/TimeWarner.